Search Results: Titles starting with H from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

London: H. Humphrey, 1798. Gillray Punctures Parliament Complete and Exceedingly Scarce [GILLRAY, James]. Habits of New French Legislators and other Public Functionaries. London: H. Humphrey, 1798. First edition, complete; both series. Folio (platemarks c. 260 x 195 mm). Twelve hand-colored engravings, some stipple and aquatint, lettered with series title and plate number 1-12 above the image, lettered below the image with the title in French, engraver's name A"J.s.G.y.d. & f.t. and the publication line. Housed loose in a blue cloth portfolio. A very fine set. Not in Abbey, Tooley, or Ray. The copy in the British Museum Satires collection is incomplete. OCLC records only one complete copy, at the BNF. Only two complete copies at auction within the last ninety years, in 1926 and 1956. James Gillray (1756 or 1757 - 1815), was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. The name of Gillray's publisher and print… Read More

Jerusalem [and] Tel-Aviv:: Published by "Massadah" and "Alumoth" , 1957. Worthy to be Placed Among the Most Beautiful of Books that the Hand of Man has Produced" One of a very few copies of the trade edition bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [SZYK, Arthur, illustrator]. The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth. Jerusalem [and] Tel-Aviv: Published by "Massadah" and "Alumoth" 1962. A Special Copy of the 1957 Trade Edition - Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in the Deluxe Full Morocco Binding of the Original Edition of 1939. Later trade edition (first published in 1939 in a deluxe limited edition of 250 copies). Large quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 268 x 210 mm.). Printed in black, sanguine, purple, blue, red, and green inks on [56] double-folded leaves. Fourteen full-page and numerous vignettes and border decorations printed in color. Text in English and Hebrew on facing pages (the illustrations are on the Hebrew pages). "The illustrations contained herein are reproductions of… Read More

: , 1875. A Superb Pair of Drawings In the Early Style of Kate Greenaway [GREENAWAY, Kate], (In the style of). "Happiness" and "Dismay". Two ink drawings, initialed and dated 1875. A pair of two original pen and ink drawings. Image sizes: 6 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches: 165 x 162 mm. Beautifully matted, framed and glazed separately with a cream mat and gray border. (Each frame size: 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches; 419 x 343 mm.). This pair of very sweet drawings that are full of emotion are most certainly in the early style of Kate Greenaway. One depicts a young girl and boy in a garden by a water pump and large urn. The boy is holding an apple an the girl is offering him a bite of a pie. The other drawing shows the same girl and boy crying as the large urn has shattered into pieces at their feet. We have been unable to identify the initials but we believe that they were done by a very accomplished mid-Victorian artist.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow...' With a Signed Photograph of the Composer Harold Arlen [ARLEN, Harold]. JABLONSKI, Edward. Harold Arlen. Happy with the Blues. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. With a signed photograph of Harold Arlen dated "aug. - 14 - 72" pasted to the half-title. First edition. Octavo (9 1/8 x 6 inches; 232 x 152 mm.). [1-11], 12-286 pp. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Publishers black cloth over boards, front cover and spine lettered in gilt and blue, pictorial endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy in a price-clipped printed dust jacket with a couple of neat tape repairs on lower edge. Affixed to the half-title is a black & white photograph signed "Harold Arlen - Aug - 14-72" Harold Arlen, born Hyman Arluck; (1905-1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over five hundred songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing… Read More

London: Tho: Newcomb for Samuel Thomson, 1655. With a Focus on the Nature and Preparation of Food Rare First Edition of Thomas Moffet's 'Health's Improvement' MUFFET, Thomas. Health's Improvement: Or, Rules Comprizing and Discovering The Nature, Method, and Manner of Preparing all sorts of Food Used in This Nation. Written by that ever famous Thomas Muffett, Doctor in Physick: Corrected and Enlarged by Christopher Bennet, Doctor in Physick, and Fellow of the College of Physicians in London. London: Tho: Newcomb for Samuel Thomson, 1655. First edition with the spelling 'Muffet' on title-page. Small quarto ( 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 185 x 140 mm.). [viii, including Imprimatur leaf], 296 pp. Residue of early red ink signature on lower blank margin of title-page, some occasional very light water staining (most prominent on imprimatur leaf) and some very occasional light marginal foxing, otherwise a very fresh copy. Seventeenth century calf, covers ruled in blind, rebacked. Smooth spine ruled in blind… Read More

London: W.Spooner, 1830. A Most Delightful Group of Characters by Henry Heath HEATH, Henry, illustrator. Heath's Oddities. London: W. Spooner, [c.1830]. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches; 298 x 235 mm.). Hand colored lithograph title and twenty-two numbered hand colored lithograph plates, all with head-title "Heath's Oddities." Six plates signed "HH" and two other plates with "H.H. Delt." Extra-illustrated with three original watercolors for plates 14, 32 and 35 (facing plates on an inserted leaf, each with a manuscript caption). Bound by Rivière and Son, ca. 1910. Full olive green morocco, covers ruled in gilt, spine ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt ruled board edges and decorative gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Housed in a fleece-lined brown cloth slipcase. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid down. The Schwerdt copy of this scarce series with three of the original watercolors by Henry Heath added at a later date most probably… Read More

London: Geo: Hunt, 1825. A Regency Excursion to The Low Countries of Europe with Twenty-Four Magnificent Hand-Colored Plates E[GERTON], M[ichael]. Here and There Over the Water: Being Cullings in a Trip to the Netherlands. By Omnium Gatherum. Drawn and Written by M.E. Esq. Engraved by Geo: Hunt. London: Geo: Hunt, 1825. First edition. Large quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches; 267 x 215 mm.). [2, title-page], 34 pp. Twenty-four hand-colored aquatint plates and four uncolored aquatint plates of Waterloo memorials. Bound by Zaehnsdorf ca. 1900 (stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper) in three quarter red crushed levant morocco over red cloth boards, covers ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Lower portion of front joint slightly cracked but still sound. Plate no. 4 with two small and insignificant fox marks, some very minor offsetting from the plates to the text. A fine and large copy… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. The reader will find certain observations to be no longer true of the city, owing to the passage of time and the swing of the pendulum" WHITE, E.B. Here is New York. NewYork: Harper & Brothers, [1949]. First edition, later printing. Small quarto (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 187 x 130 mm.). [1]-54, [4] pp. Photograph of New York frontispiece and full page illustration [E.B. White's willow tree] by Edward C. Caswell. Publishers gray cloth over boards, front cover and spine lettered in red, neat ink signature on front flyleaf. A very good copy. "This piece about New York was written in the summer of 1948 during a hot spell. The reader will find certain observations to be no longer true of the city, owing to the passage of time and the swing of the pendulum." (Foreword). E[lwyn] B[rooks] White (1899-1985) was an American writer. He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the… Read More

Paris: Chez Osterwald ainé, 1827. The History of a Pin" Sixteen Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates [FONTALLARD, Henri-Gérard, illustrator]. Histoire d'une Épingle Par elle mème. [En seize tabeaux]. Composé et dessine par H. Gérard-Fontallard, [accompagnés d'un texte], extrait du Corsaire. Du 17 Juillet, 1827. Paris: Chez Osterwald ainé, et chez Rittner, 1827. Large folio (14 3/4 x 11 inches; 374 x 280 mm.). One lithographed leaf of text with head-piece vignette (at end) and sixteen fine hand colored lithographed plates. Plates lithographed by Ducarme, and mounted on stubs. Early-to-mid twentieth century half red cloth over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. With the bookplate of antiquarian book dealer Antoine Vautier on front paste-down. Henri-Gérard Fontallard (1798-?) was one of the contributing artists to La Silhouette and La Caricature. (Benezit volume 4, p. 423). OCLC locates just three copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: The Morgan Library (NY, USA); The Getty… Read More

Paris: Librairie Charles Tallandier, 1898. A Fine Pictorial Inlaid Binding by Franz Ostermann Specially Bound for Sir Henry Harben [BINDING]. OSTERMANN, Franz, binder, aka FRANZ. PRÉVOST, L'Abbé. LELOIR, Maurice, illustrator. Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux. Préface de Guy de Maupassant. Illustrations de Maurice Leloir. Paris: Librairie Charles Tallandier, [1898]. Large octavo (9 13/16 x 6 3/8 inches; 250 x 162 mm.). xxiv, 203, [1, blank], [2, list of illustrations & contents], [1, printer's statement], [1, printer's emblem] pp. Twelve color plates, two black & white plates, each leaf of text with a black & white vignette. Bound ca. 1905 by Franz Ostermann (stamp signed in gilt "Franz" on front turn-in). Full green crushed levant morocco. Front cover with an elaborate inlaid design (taken from the second chapter heading vignette on p. 113) in multi-colored morocco's depicting Manon and Des Grieux... "Folding her in my arms, I rained a hundred fond kisses on her lips, and… Read More

London: Edward Orme, 1819. First Edition, Earliest Issue "A Handsome Volume" (Prideaux) ORME, Edward. Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes, Of Personal Valour, Bravery, and particular Incidents which occurred to the Armies of Great Britian and her Allies, in the last long-contested War, terminating with the Battle of Waterloo. Under the Patronage of, and Dedicated with Permission to His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief. London: Edited and Published by, and engraved under the direction of Edward Orme, 1819. First Edition, earliest issue and complete, with the plates watermarked "Whatman 1812" and "Whatman 1816," and the text watermarked "Whatman 1812. A scarce tall copy of the first issue, lacking rules to title-page and with "1819" at title-page foot. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; 343 x 267 mm.). [4], 94, [4] pp. Forty hand-colored aquatint plates, chiefly by Dubourg after Atkinson, Manskirsch, J.H. Clark, W. Heath, G. Scharf, Dubourg and Rigaud. Some light offsetting from the plates… Read More

London: Edward Orme, 1819. A Handsome Volume" In Scarce Earliest Issue, A Scarce Tall Copy ORME, Edward. Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes, Of Personal Valour, Bravery, and particular Incidents which occurred to the Armies of Great Britian and her Allies, in the last long-contested War, terminating with the Battle of Waterloo. Under the Patronage of, and Dedicated with Permission to His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief. London: Edited and Published by, and engraved under the direction of Edward Orme, 1819. First Edition, earliest issue with title-page dated 1819 and plates watermarked Whatman 1812 & 1816. Folio (13 3/16 x 10 3/8 in' 335 x 264 mm). [4], 94, [4] pp. Forty hand-colored aquatint plates, chiefly by Dubourg after Atkinson, Manskirsch, Clark, W. Heath, etc. Contemporary full straight-grained dark green morocco with gilt decorated border and inner blind-stamped frame. Smooth spine with gilt decorated compartments and gilt rules and lettering. Gilt-ruled turn-ins. All edges… Read More

London: Henry Colburn, 1817. The Fall of Emperor Napoleon I and the Victory of the English Armies Illustrated with Twenty-Eight Superb Hand Colored Aquatint Plates MUDFORD, William. CRUIKSHANK, George. An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, Under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshall Prince Blucher. Comprising the Battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo; with a Detailed Narrative of the Political Events connected with Those Memorable Conflicts Down to the Surrender of Paris and the Departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena... Embellished with a Series of Plates, descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi, from Drawings made on the Spot by James Rouse, Esq. Also a Plan of the Battles , and a Map, shewing the March of the Allied Armies to Paris. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1817. First edition of this story of the fall of Emperor Napoleon I and the victory of the English armies. Large quarto (12 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches; 324 x 273 mm.).… Read More

London: G. Smeeton, [1813]. The History of the Manners and Customs of the Cossacks With a Hand Colored Frontispiece and a Portrait of Count Platoff by George Cruikshank Albert M. Cohn's Copy [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. The History of the Manners and Customs of the Cossacks; Describing their habitations; singular mode of fighting; Religion; Customs; ... Also, the life of the brave Hettman of the Cossacks, Count Platoff... London, G. Smeeton, [1813]. Sixth edition with considerable additions... [together with] A Description of the Defeat of the French Army, under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte, by the Allied Armies, Commanded by Field Marshal His Grace The Duke of Wellington, and Field Marshal Prince Blucher, in front of Waterloo, on the 18th of June 1815... In Barker's Panorama [J. Adlard, Printer], 1816. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 inches; 209 x 127 mm.). [1-4], 5-20; [1-3], 4-12 pp. The first title with a hand colored frontispiece by George Cruikshank "The Cossacks attacking the French Army… Read More

London: R. Ackermann, 1822. The English Gil Blas Illustrated By Rowlandson [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, artist]. [COMBE, William]. The History of Johnny Quae Genus. The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax: A Poem, by the Author of The Three Tours. London: R. Ackermann, 1822. First edition. Octavo (9 7/8 x 6 in; 253 x 151 mm). [4], 259 [i.e. 267], [1] pp. Twenty-four hand-colored aquatints. Plates watermarked "J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1821." Complete with the three-line slip loosely inserted at p. 256. Publisher's original drab boards with printed spine label, neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down. Bookplate of Fitz Eugene Dixon. Some offsetting from plates to text, still an exceptionally fine copy. Housed in a full blue morocco pull-off case by Hyman Zucker. "The last of the genuine or 'authorized' Syntax books." (Abbey) "In 1822 Ackermann produced The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the little Foundling of the late Fr. Syntax. The text by Combe was illustrated with twenty-four coloured… Read More

London: R. Ackermann, 1822. The English Gil Blas Illustrated By Rowlandson [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, artist]. [COMBE, William]. The History of Johnny Quae Genus. The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax: A Poem, by the Author of The Three Tours. London: R. Ackermann, 1822. First edition. Octavo. [4], 259 [i.e. 267], [1] pp. Twenty-four hand-colored aquatints. Early-to-mid nineteenth century full tree calf, neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down. Some offsetting from the plates to the text, otherwise a fine copy. Bookplate of Harry H. Blum. "In 1822 Ackermann produced The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the little Foundling of the late Fr. Syntax. The text by Combe was illustrated with twenty-four coloured aquatints by Rowlandson. The introductions gives the best clue to the nature of the contents: 'The Favor which has been bestowed on the different tours of Dr. Syntax has encouraged the writer of them to give a 'History of the Foundling,' who has been thought an interesting object in… Read More

London: Printed for the Publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward... and Charles Davis, 1728. One of the Most Important Eighteenth-Century Works on Japan The First Scholarly Treatment of Japan in any Language KÆMPFER, Engelbertus. The History of Japan: Giving an Account of The antient and present State and Government of that Empire; Of Its Temples, Palaces, Castles, and other Buildings; Of Its Metals, Minerals, Trees, Plants, Animals, Birds and Fishes; Of The Chronology and Succession of the Emperors, Ecclesiastical and Secular; Of The Original Descent, Religions, Customs, and Manufactures of the Natives, and of their Trade and Commerce with the Dutch and Chinese. Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam. Written in High Dutch...And translated...by J.G. Scheuchzer... With the Life of the Author and an Introduction. To which is added, Part of a Journal of a Voyage to Japan, made by the English in the Year 1673. Illustrated with many Copper Plates. London: Printed for the Publisher, and sold… Read More

London: Baily, Brothers, 1845. Cruikshank's etchings likewise have been hailed as the highest point in his invention and the most tragically terrible of all his graphic works" (Patten) CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. MAXWELL, W[illiam] H[amilton]. History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798; With Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803. By W.H. Maxwell, Esq. London: Baily, Brothers, 1845. First edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 216 x 133 mm.). viii, [1]-477, [1, imprint] pp. Twenty one engraved plates by George Cruikshank and six full-page portraits. Contemporary full dark green morocco, covers ruled in gilt, spine with four raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt-ruled board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Armorial bookplate "Brighton" on front paste-down. Corners slightly bumped - still an excellent copy. "The United Irishmen launched a full-fledged revolt against British rule in May 1798, but their fight was… Read More

London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. Highest Praise" For Ackermann's Colleges "Equals, If Not Surpasses, That of Oxford and Cambridge" [ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher]. The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and the Free-School of Christ's Hospital. London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. First edition, early issue. Large quarto (13 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches; 340 x 282 mm.). vi, [1, "Arrangement of Plates"], [1, blank], 56; 72; 27, [1, blank]; 32; 34; 22; 40; 34; 43, [1, blank] pp. With forty-eight hand-colored plates (forty-five aquatint and three engraved), including four costume plates and forty-four views by Havell, Stadler, Bluck, and others, after Westall, Mackenzie, Pugin, and others. All plates with tissue guards. Text watermarked 1816, plates watermarked 1812 and 1816. Abbey's second state of Plate 6 ("Winchester College, from the Meadow"), dated… Read More

London: R. Ackermann, 1799. The Exceedingly Rare "Pleasing Effects of Teaching a Horse to Dance" And Other Vagaries of Horse Comportment WOODWARD, George Moutard, and ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Horse Accomplishments. R. Ackermann, 1799. Oblong quarto (11 1/8 x 13 1/2 in; 283 x 343 mm). Twelve hand colored aquatint plates drawn by Woodward and etched by Rowlandson, with droll captions by Woodward. Average plate size: (8 5/8 x 10 3/4 in; 219 x 273 mm). Each plate set-in mounted. Plate numbers 2, 4, 9, 11 & 12 exhibit near invisible restoration at corners and perimeters - not affecting images. Plate number 5 cut a little close on lower margin. Late twentieth century brick red morocco decoratively bordered in blind, front cover with onlaid rectangular dark green morocco label lettered in gilt. Smooth spine with blind stamped compartments, marbled endpapers. Scarce suite of Woodward and Rowlandson's caricatures of horse and their riders. Each plate satirizes a different profession. Exceedingly rare, with… Read More